Flying, Fleet Of Foot After Open Water
Lexie Kelly of the U.S.A. and Guillermo Bertola cruised to swift victories in the beach biathlon at yesterdays King and Queen of the Sea competition on the shores of Copacabana Beach. While Bertola was bunched up with Chad Ho and Aaron Peirsol in the water, once he hit the soft sand of Copacabana Beach, he took off like a great miler, extraordinarily fleet of foot with great form.
Kelly also ran the 2.5 km extremely well on the sand with pro marathoners Keri-Anne Payne and Pilar Geijo also taking part with several hundreds of other competitors under a glorious sun-filled day on one of the world’s greatest beaches.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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